My name is Fred and I am a gay conservative living in Ottawa. This blog supports limited government, the right of the State of Israel to live in peace and security, and tries to expose the threat to us all from cultural relativism, post-modernism, and radical Islam.
I am also the founder of the Free Thinking Film Society in Ottawa (www.freethinkingfilms.com)

Actually 'zionism' involved many different facets, of which a number of them were religiously motivated.

Regardless, ignore the religious aspect. How would you feel if Native Americans decided that they also had the right of self-determination in their national homeland?

Israelis do not purposely murder Palestinian children.

Ignoring the outright oppression that they inflict on the Palestinians - which you either ignore or think is irrelevant - I'm pretty certain that Israeli soldiers don't *accidentally* shoot people or drop bombs on people's houses. Do you seriously believe that there is only one side of this issue? Do you honestly think that no Palestinian children aren't killed, or that families aren't destroyed, or that they aren't disenfranchised or oppressed? Do you honestly believe it is all their fault and that they deserve all of that?

Also, do you still believe that Israel desires peace, or that they would ever support a Palestinian state?

The Palestinians could have accepted UN resolution 242 in 1967 and negotiated peace with Israel. The Arabs instead went to Khartoum and issued their famous 3 No's - No peace, no recognition, no negotiations.

Yassir Arafat turned down two offers from Israel - one in 2000 at Camp david and one in 2001 at Taba. The Saudi Foreign Affairs Minister said that Arafat had commited a crime against the palestinian people.

Olmert offered far-ranging concessions in 2010. He didn't even receive an answer from Abbas.

The Israelis are ready for a two-state solution. Are the Palestinians? They can't even get their own act together - just look at Hamas - a genocidal terrorist group dedicated to not only the destruction of israel..but the death of all Jews.

Anonymous...6:23. Absolutely those savage Israelis continually launch rockets (generously supplied by Syria) acroos the border into villages of civilianPal...... Wait a minute I got my directions backwards, it's the other way around. who would of thunk it. Pull your head out of your butt ya clown.

Some people are so blinded by their hate of Israel that they are ready to excuse the wanton murder of children.

I would suggest that if the poster does not want to see the deaths of Palestinian civilians , he should help get the message out to his Pallies that they should stop the rocket attacks as well as using civilian homes for mortar pits..

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My name is Fred and I am a gay conservative living in Ottawa. This blog supports limited government, the right of the State of Israel to live in peace and security, and tries to expose the threat to us all from cultural relativism, post-modernism, and radical Islam.
I am also the founder of the Free Thinking Film Society in Ottawa (www.freethinkingfilms.com)